Claim · #6734939
Spodoptera sp. · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tomato Aphids Armyworms Caterpillars”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 71
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera spp. (armyworms) are well-documented lepidopteran defoliators of tomato; herbivory on leaves matches larval biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spodoptera larvae are major tomato pests across tropics; leaf feeding by larval stage is the appropriate role assignment.”
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